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According to Optimism, Carlos Arena, VP of Sales at Optimism, recently spoke at the rwasummit to explain customized Layer 2 solutions tailored to institutional requirements. Arena highlighted how transaction ordering and user prioritization can be adjusted to meet varying institutional needs, with the goal of enhancing overall blockchain efficiency and scalability.

According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), U.S. crude oil inventories increased by 1.786 million barrels last week, down from a gain of 7.144 million barrels in the prior week.

According to U.S. API data, refined product oil imports for the week ending September 18 fell to negative 373,000 barrels per day from positive 307,000 barrels per day the previous week, marking a significant reversal.

According to CCTV, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on September 22 that Morocco should be held responsible for failing to effectively control a large influx of illegal migrants into Ceuta on July 30 and 31. Sánchez emphasized that Morocco's border control had clearly failed and called on the country to provide explanations, correct the situation, and take further action on migration issues. Morocco has not yet responded.

According to API data, U.S. refinery crude oil stockpiles decreased by 2.164 million barrels for the week ending September 18, significantly outpacing the expected decline of 459,000 barrels. The prior week saw an increase of 1.607 million barrels.

According to API Cushing data, U.S. crude oil inventory at Cushing rose to 2.082 million barrels for the week ending September 18, compared to the previous week's -2.46 million barrels.

According to the American Petroleum Institute, U.S. gasoline inventories for the week ending September 18 fell by 2.16 million barrels, compared to market expectations of a 158,000-barrel increase.

According to the API, U.S. crude oil inventories fell to 1.786 million barrels for the week ended September 18, below expectations of a 563,000-barrel decline and compared with a 7.144 million-barrel increase in the prior week.

CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory review. Standard Bitcoin Cash futures will represent 250 BCH, with Micro contracts covering 25 BCH. Uniswap futures will cover 10,000 UNI, while Micro contracts are sized at 1,000 UNI. The expansion adds two more altcoins to CME's regulated derivatives business, joining an existing lineup that includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui.

In a recent live discussion with MCG, Pyth Network's Head of Institutional Business Development Mike James discussed the network's partnership with Nasdaq aimed at enhancing institutional market data services. The conversation covered Nasdaq's role in Pyth's institutional growth, the potential for perpetual contracts in the U.S. market, and the introduction of 24/7 indices. The collaboration is expected to strengthen Pyth's competitive position in providing robust data services to institutional

According to the Ethereum Foundation, the foundation will host its 15th Ask Me Anything (AMA) session tomorrow (September 23) at 4 PM UTC, featuring co-founders from Cloaked to discuss privacy solutions for Ethereum transactions. Cloaked focuses on utilizing fresh addresses and private balances for transactions on the Ethereum network.

According to Digital Daily, the Nasdaq Composite reached all-time highs on September 22, both intraday and at close, finishing at 27,244.28, up 0.5%. Semiconductor stocks drove the rally, with Intel up 1.7% to $123.86, AMD up 1.3% to $623.77, and SK Hynix ADRs up 3.5% to $195.37. SanDisk gained nearly 7% on positive Rosenblatt guidance. The S&P 500 declined slightly to 7,764.64, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4% to 51,863.69. Brent crude fell 1.1% to $99.25 per barrel, marking the

Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) stock jumped 36% on Tuesday after early clinical data showed its obesity drug VK2735 maintained weight loss in most patients on reduced dosing schedules. In a Phase 1 study, patients who received the weekly 17.5 mg dose lost 17.7% of body weight by week 21 and 21.7% by week 33, compared to minimal changes in placebo. Those transitioning to every-other-week or monthly injections retained 83-97% and 82-90% of weight loss, respectively, versus 61% for placebo. Oppenheimer

According to CNBC, U.S. federal regulators are rapidly expanding cryptocurrency rulemaking after the Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate on Sept. 15. On Sept. 17, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order creating a temporary pathway for trading tokenized stocks, moving financial markets closer to 24/7 trading. The same day, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission submitted a crypto rulemaking proposal to the White House for review. CFTC Chair Michael Selig stated the agenc

According to Whale Alert, a transfer of 1,815 BTC valued at approximately $156.9 million occurred today between two unknown wallets. The transaction was tracked and reported by the on-chain data monitoring platform on the blockchain.

According to Bitcoinist, World Chain activated its Karst upgrade at 12:00 UTC on September 21. Node operators must update to op-geth v1.101701.0 or newer and op-node v1.16.9 or newer to remain on the canonical network; those running incompatible older versions risk diverging from the upgraded chain. End users and wallet holders do not need to take any action. The upgrade is now active on World Chain mainnet.

According to Qualcomm at its annual Snapdragon Summit, the company announced Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 smartphone processors today, with emphasis on on-device AI capabilities. The high-end Extreme version can run a 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts (MoE) model locally, enabling personalized AI agents including voice-in and voice-out functionality with advanced speaker differentiation. The chips feature new sensing hubs supporting up to 200 million parame

Roberto Perli, manager of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's System Open Market Account, stated that short-term Treasury purchases will be contingent on market conditions rather than following a preset path. Perli said the New York Fed will closely monitor market conditions and stand ready to adjust the size of its reserve management purchases to maintain adequate reserve levels. The Fed will also track market reaction to a large-scale net issuance of short-term Treasuries expected in Octobe

According to ChainCatcher, a16z and the DeFi Education Fund jointly submitted a proposal to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on September 14, proposing a safe harbor rule that would create a rebuttable presumption exempting decentralized exchange protocols and their front-end interfaces from being classified as "exchanges" under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On the same day, a16z submitted a second letter urging the SEC to establish a registration regime for centralized cryptocurrency tradi

On Tuesday (September 22), U.S. equity asset class ETFs mostly declined. The Brent crude oil fund fell 1.63%, the fear index long ETF dropped 3.05%, while agricultural products fund, Dow Jones ETF, and real estate ETF fell up to 0.45%. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq-100 ETF rose 0.81%, gold ETF gained 0.42%, and the Russell 2000 index ETF advanced 0.57%.